Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1914-04-11
Deathday
1987-02-27
Place of Birth
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Norman McLaren
Biography
Norman McLaren, CC, CQ (11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987) was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He was a pioneer in a number of areas of animation and filmmaking, including drawn-on-film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound. His awards included an Oscar for the Best Documentary in 1952 for Neighbours, a Silver Bear for best short documentary at the 1956 Berlin International Film Festival Rythmetic and a 1969 BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film for Pas de deux.
Known For
Opening Speech
as Self
Mosaic
Pen Point Percussion
as Self
Creative Process: Norman McLaren
as Self (archive footage)
New York Lightboard Record
as Self - Seen with Man in Hat
Pinscreen
McLaren on McLaren
as Self
Daedalus
as sampled part of Pas De Deux by Norman McLaren
Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren
as Self